Beckering Carillon concerts to begin
The 13th Annual Beckering Family Carillon International Concert
Series opens July 10, on the Lacks International Plaza, DeVos Center,
Pew Grand Rapids Campus, 401 Fulton Street West. Performances of free
open-air concerts by internationally renowned carillonneurs are
scheduled at noon each Wednesday in July.
The series kick off with a performance by Linda Dzuris, from
Clemson University, in South Carolina. Dzuris became Clemson’s first
University Carillonneur in 1999 and is a tenured associate professor
of music in the Department of Performing Arts. She has been a featured
guest artist in carillon concert series throughout the U.S. and the Netherlands.
Additional performances include: July 17 - Sue Bergren, Illinois;
July 24 - Laura Ellis, University of Florida; and July 31 – Gijsbert
Kok, the Netherlands.
The 19th Annual Cook Carillon International Concert Series, on
the Allendale Campus, continues each Sunday, at 8 p.m. through August 18.
For more information call (616) 331-3484 or visit www.gvsu.edu/music.
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